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Pa Subwoofer question

02-03-2013, 02:31 PM

I had a pa sub that quit working last night. I took it apart today and direct wired the speaker and it works. I believe it to be the internal crossover. Here is my question. Can I direct wire the sub to the input jacks and bypass the crossover or do I need to replace it? Will it still perform the way it did before?

I'm guessing the "crossover" is just a choke coil. If you're using an external crossover then it's perfectly fine, and perhaps even preferable, to remove it. If you're not then it's not a good idea as you'll be sending full frequency audio through the sub, which isn't a great idea.

I had a pa sub that quit working last night. I took it apart today and direct wired the speaker and it works. I believe it to be the internal crossover. Here is my question. Can I direct wire the sub to the input jacks and bypass the crossover or do I need to replace it? Will it still perform the way it did before?

As abzurd has stated if you're using an external crossover that's just fine. If you're not using an external crossover the sub will not perform as it did before. It will perform somewhat like a driver receiving the full range, but in a sub box. You don't want that. All kinds of sounds that should mainly be going to your top boxes will be present in the sub - if you don't have an external crossover.

In fact even with an external crossover the sub probably won't perform exactly as it did before - but that could be a good thing.

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I had a pa sub that quit working last night. I took it apart today and direct wired the speaker and it works. I believe it to be the internal crossover. Here is my question. Can I direct wire the sub to the input jacks and bypass the crossover or do I need to replace it? Will it still perform the way it did before?